THE GUARDIAN OF MEMORY(El guardián de la memoria)

The Guardian of Memory bears witness to the violence that has displaced thousands, while examining how governments on both sides of the border have exacerbated the crisis. With striking visual poetry, director Marcela Arteaga provides intimate accounts of the lives Mexican migrants have left behind, while also highlighting the work of Carlos Spector, an immigration lawyer from El Paso, who fights to obtain asylum for those fleeing the violence. – Variety

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FESTIVALS & AWARDS

World Premier Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

US Premier Margaret Mead Film Festival

Festival De Cine De Morelia

Winner Prince of Prestige Academy Award for Cinematography

The Cartagena Film Festival (FICCI), Cartagena, Colombia

Movies That Matter, Amsterdam, Netherlands

THE FILMMAKER

Marcela Arteaga graduated from Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica. Remembrance, her first feature documentary film, received support from the Rockefeller Foundation and received the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Mexican Film at the Guadalajara IFF, México, and the Jury’s Special Award at the Guanajuato IFF and the Festival of Málaga.